Category Archives: Italian

🥬 Agnolini en brodo. 3/30/20

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

For some unknown reason I did not get around to writing a post yesterday. It is not like I don’t have a ton of time given that we are locked down. Ah, I remember! Yesterday we cleaned and disinfected the … Continue reading →

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🥬 Spaghetti alla puttanesca 3/12/20

Posted on March 12, 2020 by

Spaghetti alla puttanesca or spaghetti in the style of the prostitute is from the Campania region of Italy. The biggest city in the region is Naples, home to pizza, and a place which we were planning to visit towards the … Continue reading →

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🥬 Orecchiette with broccolini. 3/9/20

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

Orecchiette with broccolini is the first of our lament dinners to Italy and our trip which should have started on 3/10/20. Being in the higher risk pool for the coronavirus John and I are spending a lot of time sitting … Continue reading →

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🐓 Chicken cacciatore. 2/6/20

Posted on February 7, 2020 by

Chicken cacciatore means chicken “hunter style.” The chicken is usually braised with onions, herbs, tomatoes, and bell peppers. The other day I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco so the chicken part was already cooked and we just heated it up in … Continue reading →

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🐖 OMG! Soup again! Pasta fagioli. 1/14/20

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

Tonight’s soup is pasta fagioli. I must admit that the whole make soups so that John has leftovers to eat while I am away is not going too well. We are supposed to be eating no more than half the … Continue reading →

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Diet disaster! 11/11/19

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

NOTE: I will not be cooking for the next couple of weeks but will post when I come across some food related item of interest. We had a plan. It was a good plan. It involved poaching shrimp, cooking up … Continue reading →

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🥬 Spaghetti with olives and capers in tomato sauce. 11/4/19

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

Here is another vegetarian/vegan (if you leave off the parmesan cheese) dinner entree. I think we have a total of four vegetarian, two pescatarian, and one omnivore (chicken) dinner this week.  Tonight’s dinner is a real pantry type dinner where … Continue reading →

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